GeForce GTX Titan Black vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 260X, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1625 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 896 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX Titan Black		11666 points
Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
	Difference: 7285 (166%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan Black		250 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (117%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX Titan Black will be 223% quicker than the Radeon R7 260X overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		336000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 232000 (223%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black will be much (more or less 246%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		213360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 151760 (246%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan Black should be quite a bit (approximately 142%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 260X, and should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan Black		42672 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 25072 (142%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.